U.S. District Court

Where a plaintiff health and benefit fund has brought suit under the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act alleging that the defendants misrepresented and concealed material information about the efficacy of two anti-depressant drugs in treating major depressive disorder in ...

Where a plaintiff has challenged the constitutionality of the Weymouth Police Department policy regarding gun license applications, supplemental memoranda from the parties are necessary for the court to determine what the town’s policy is. “… In particular, plaintiff contends that ...

Where a plaintiff seeks to amend his complaint to add a new cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress, as well as 115 new paragraphs of allegations, the motion to amend must be denied given its undue delay, ...

Where the plaintiff alleges violations of her due process rights during state court proceedings, the defendant court employee is entitled to dismissal because even if he could be considered a state actor as required for a viable 42 U.S.C. §1983 ...

Where a plaintiff has alleged (1) that the defendants made false statements in Canada suggesting that the defendant was facing criminal charges in Mongolia and (2) that these statements were published in the United States, causing significant harm to the ...

Where a petitioner alleges a violation of the 180-day speedy trial provision of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act, his claim is not cognizable under 28 U.S.C. §2254 because (1) he deliberately failed to object to his trial date on ...

Where a Health Services Unit inmate alleges (1) that his inability to participate in educational programs, work opportunities, and religious services available to general population inmates has placed him in isolation and (2) that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to ...

Where a defendant did not make his contribution to a settlement fund until plaintiff’s counsel threatened to file an emergency motion, the defendant must pay the fees incurred by plaintiff’s counsel. “Defendant [John] Kelly failed to make his contribution to ...

Where a negligence suit has been brought by a plaintiff who was injured when she jumped off a natural rock formation during a visit to the defendant beach club, a motion by the defendant for summary judgment must be denied ...

Where a plaintiff seeks to consolidate his federal court case with a case currently pending in state court, he cannot do so under Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because the state court action is not properly ...